The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-18
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The shad fishing season closed on
Wednesday.
The raiIro ID round house is nea
ring completion.
Bethel M. p. Church has its Chill
dren's Day tomorrow.
The rose bugs are ravaging the young
peaches in Delaware.
Assessor Amos Morris is OF duty in
curing about your wealth and indeb-
tedness.
Miss Lizzie jacob has been chosen
teacher of the Cove school for next
year.
A large dyke, costing $50, 600. is be-
ing built at Reedy Island by the Gov
ernment.
The first excursion to P~ennsgrove
this season came on Thursday from
Wilmington.
John Gaventa sent the first early
Jersey round potatoes to the Whining
ton market on Tuesday.
Edward Shoemaker, of Wilmington,
has been visiting old friends and scenes
in this vicinity the past week.
Cali al Mrs. Bilderback's tonight for
vanilla, strawberry, chocolate aud
pine apple cream, and orange waterloo.
|. w. Belts, of Bowers Beach, has
sold his hotel to a Philadelphia party
and will give him possession on the 20,
OF this month.
Josiah NJ. Brick has the new barn
on his farm near P~ennsgroye nearly
complete on the site of the n recent
ly burnt.
Some grass was cut this week but
next week will be the hay harvest
week. The grass crops are light in
this section.
Capt. Robert Dole is having an ad-
dItion built to his house. The lower
part is inclosed with lattice work and
the upper part is open.
j. NJ. Scovel in this weeks South
Jerseyman gives JOS. r. Elkinton, of
Pennsgrnve, a boom for the State Sc ma
torship from this County.
Joseph Denny, of Pennsgrove, will
be captain of the steam pleasure yacht
Falcon owned by Joseph Stickney, of
Wilmington, during the pleasure sea-
SOL.
The shad fishing season closed on
Wednesday. Very few nets took a
a drift, tn last of the season. Ed
ward Harris and George Jordan did
exceptionally well. They caught Is
shad.
Joseph 7. Newcomb, of Lower Penns
Neck, fell from a scaffold while plying
his trade of bricklaying in Philadelphia
oil Monday morning and was killed.
His remains were brought to PENIS
grove on Thursday and buried at Penns-
Vile.
On Sunday last Isaac r. Carney, a
deaf-mute, OF Woodstown, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph II. Dolbow, a deaf
mute couple about n mile from
Pennsgrove, and returned home in the
evening. Although neither Mr.. Dol
bow nor his wife can talk they have a
rohust child who can.
The u. s. fish Matching steamer Fish
Hawk is expected to be at Delaware
City soon for the purpose of Matching
sturgeon. Fish Commissioner Norny
of Delaware, has received from Germa-
ny a sturgeon Matching box such as the
German government was successful in
Matching sturgeon with last year.
William Patton, an aged resident
of Pennsville attempted suicide on
Friday afternoon of last week by
taking about 4 OF. of Edwards's. Lini-
ment because of domestic and inanci-
al troubles. The grim monster death
did not approach but the liniment
burnt aud blistered him severely, IN
side.
The Sea turtle we mentioned last
week AS being caught by Harry Sml1ll
of Pennsgrove is an unknown species
to this section of the world and is SAID
to inhabit only the coasts of Africa.
Harry how has it on exhibition al
Millville where he is raking in Thu
dimes at a lively rate. He will exhl
bited it in the South Jersey cities and
then take it to Atlantic City. Harry
makes a good Snowman,
All members of Nik0mis Tribe, No
~, Imp'd o. of Red Men please as
senbly at your wIgwam on the 18th
sun. Hot moon, at the 9 run, Rising
OF the sun Sunday, June 10Th at 3 a
M. to attend Service at st. Pauls M
L. church in a body. Also on the 26tf
sun. Hot moon, 9th run rising OF tn
sun, to attend the Mariners Bethel Nj
p. Church, and on the same sun 10th
at the 9th run, 30 breath setting 0
the sun Is. 80 p. M to attend Emman
uel NJ. E. Church. Be True to You
principals and be there.
By order of Tribe.